Neosho

A man from Carthage is dead after being hit by a pick-up truck. Troopers say 26-year-old Virgilia Lopez-Gomez was hit when he walked into traffic on Highway 71 near Neosho early Sunday morning. The driver was not hurt.  Charges have not been filed.

Investigators are looking into what caused a Neosho man to die after being found in a swimming pool. Police say Richard Obrien died yesterday in a Springfield hospital.  An autopsy is set for this week. Investigators say Obrein could have drowned, but aren't ruling out other possibilities just yet.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - A stunt pilot from Neosho is talking about the fiery accident that injured him and his wife at an air show a little over a week ago. Kyle Franklin was piloting the bi-plane at a show in South Texas, while his wife Amanda was performing her wing-walker routine. A fire broke out on the plane, forcing Kyle to make a crash landing in about 14 seconds. She was able to climb down into her seat, but that was where the plane was on fire. From his hospital bed in San Antonio, Kyle Franklin described his wife's very critical injuries, “she’s got burns over 70% of her body, broken neck, broken back, her face is smashed, she has multiple fractures on her face, and she has very little skin left for grafting.” The couple met through their fathers, who were both stunt pilots who performed together.

The Brownsville Texas Herald reports an air show performer from Neosho has died from injuries in a plane crash that happened in March. Amanda Franklin's plane caught fire and crashed during her and her husband's wing walking performance at a Texas air show. Amanda had been hospitalized in a burn unit in San Antonio.  Her husband Kyle also suffered burns.    

NEAR JOPLIN, Mo. - A Neosho man died in a crash three miles north of Joplin on Thursday. State troopers say Gary D. Maddox, 69, was killed when his 1997 Toyota Camry crossed the center line while traveling east on Missouri Route 96 and struck an oncoming tractor-trailer. Maddox was pronounced dead at the scene by the Jasper County Coroner. Troopers say Maddox was not wearing a seatbelt. The driver of the tractor-trailer suffered minor injuries.

JOPLIN, Mo. -- Ten mobile homes for Joplin tornado victims arrived on Saturday at Camp Crowder in Neosho, about 15 miles south of Joplin.  The mobile homes are part of the first order of 60 mobile homes that eventually will be installed in or near Joplin for some of the thousands of families whose homes were destroyed on May 22. The Federal Emergency Management Agency doesn't know where the mobile homes will go.  The sites will need to have...

NEOSHO, Mo. -- Neosho schools plan to build a 14,000 square foot tornado shelter.  The district applied unsuccessfully last year for funding to build a shelter.  But a public engineer says prospects for getting a grant are better now.  The shelter will hold about 2,200 people, and will be designed to withstand an EF-5 tornado.

A Neosho couple is being treated for severe burns they suffered during an aerial stunt in Texas. The accident happened Saturday afternoon at the Air Fiesta Show in Brownsville. It was caught on tape. Investigators said Kyle and Amanda Franklin were performing a wing-walking act when their plane began having engine trouble. Moments later the aircraft plummeted into a wooded area. Officers said the husband and wife have burns over 60-percent of their bodies.

NEOSHO, Mo. -- Two children are okay after being rescued from their family's burning mobile home near Neosho early Thursday morning.  The fire started just before 2am.  Investigators are trying to find what started the flames.

NEOSHO, Mo. -- A crash in Newton County Missouri this morning has killed a man from Rocky Comfort.  State Troopers say Steven Kerley ran off Highway H and flipped east of Neosho just before 2am.  Kerley was 25 years old

NEAR JOPLIN, Mo. - A Neosho man died in a crash three miles north of Joplin on Thursday. State troopers say Gary D. Maddox, 69, was killed when his 1997 Toyota Camry crossed the center line while traveling east on Missouri Route 96 and struck an oncoming tractor-trailer. Maddox was pronounced dead at the scene by the Jasper County Coroner. Troopers say Maddox was not wearing a seatbelt. The driver of the tractor-trailer suffered minor injuries.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Retired educator Wanda Gray died last weekend, according to a post on Springfield School District's Facebook site. The post read as follows: "We share our condolences with the family of SPS retiree Wanda Gray, who died this weekend. Gray Elementary School was named for her and the district's Starcatcher Award was created in her honor because of the outstanding example she set for educators. " Wanda Gray worked for Springfield School District beginning in 1967, when she became the district's Coordinator of Elementary Instruction.  Wanda Gray Elementary School was named after her in 1985, the same year she retired.  The school opened in 1986.

Monett,Mo. -- Tuesday authorites released the identities of the two men killed Sunday in a plane crash in Lawrence County.  Deryl Edwards, a 41-year-old attorney from Joplin, owned the twin engine Cessna that crashed.  Rick Armstrong, a flight instructor from Neosho, was flying with him. The 1956 Cessna 310 crashed near Stotts City just before 6 o'clock Sunday night.  Both Edwards and Armstrong were killed. "We hangar their airplanes here (at Monett Municipal Airport), and it's hit a lot of people around here, the Neosho area, pretty hard," said Howard Frazier, the manager of the Monett Municipal Airport.

NEOSHO, Mo. -- Two children are okay after being rescued from their family's burning mobile home near Neosho early Thursday morning.  The fire started just before 2am.  Investigators are trying to find what started the flames.

NEOSHO, Mo. -- A fire killed a 7-year-old boy and injured his 4-year-old sister early Thursday.  The Neosho Fire Department says crews responded to the mobile home fire near Palm Road at Kingsland Road southwest of Neosho just before 2 a.m. Firefighters found the two children in a bedroom and ambulances took them to hospitals.  Liam Lane, 7, died while being treated.  Sandra Lane, 4, is hospitalized for smoke inhalation. Two adults escaped through a bedroom window.  Josh Lane, 34, and Kassi Lane, 30, were treated and released from a hospital in Joplin.

NEOSHO, Mo. -- A crash in Newton County Missouri this morning has killed a man from Rocky Comfort.  State Troopers say Steven Kerley ran off Highway H and flipped east of Neosho just before 2am.  Kerley was 25 years old

Pineville, MO -The McDonald County Sheriff's Office received information during the late evening of Wednesday, May 23 rd regarding a possible homicide that happened approximately a week prior outside of Goodman, Missouri.    During the course of this investigation, it was learned that either late Thursday or early Friday morning of May 17th or 18th, a shooting occurred at a residence located off of Highway B, approximately 5 miles west of Goodman in rural McDonald County.  Investigators received information that led them to the location of the handgun used in the shooting as well as the container used to conceal the body.

NEWTON COUNTY -- The Newton County coroner says a man whose body was found burned outside of Neosho died from a heart attack. The coroner says Larry Elger was burning brush last Thursday when he suffered a heart attack while trying to put out the flames. Elger was 62-years-old.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Springfield woman will spend 13 years in prison for breaking into a Neosho man's home and robbing him.  36-year-old Shelby Gay, and two accomplices held up the 72-year-old victim at gunpoint two years ago.  Prosecutors say Gay plotted the robbery after meeting 72 year old George Yetter thru an internet dating service.

 NEOSHO, Mo. (AP)-- A hunter in southwest Missouri saw a rare sight recently two whooping cranes.    The Missouri Department of Conservation says the hunter was north of Neosho this week when he saw the whooping cranes. The large, endangered birds migrate from Canada to the Gulf Coast in the fall.   The Conservation Department says there are fewer than 500 whooping cranes left in the wild. Their wingspans can exceed 7 feet.   Jeff Cantrell, a conservation education consultant for the department, says he hurried to the scene and found the adult crane and a juvenile with a leg band and radio transmitter.